[B-Greek] EPISUNAGWGHN in Hebrews 10:25
Ted & Robin Shoemaker
shoes6 at juno.com
Thu Nov 29 00:30:42 EST 2007
Greetings.
Although I found this verse and this word in the B-Greek archives, I did not find this question.
Hebrews 10:25 reads, in part:
MH EGKATALEIPONTES THN EPISUNAGWGHN hEAUTWN
I'm trying to get a good sense of EPISUNAGWGHN. The Abbott-Smith lexicon (1973) says, in part:
EPISUNAGWGH
"a gathering together, an assembly",
and indirectly implies that the word is a compound of EPI + SUN + AGW.
The lexicon does not explicitly say so, but the word EPISUNAGWGH, by all appearances, seems to be related to SUNAGWGH.
My question is about the force of EPISUNAGWGH. Would it be accurate to understand this as a generic word for "group" or "gathering" (as suggested by the use of EPISUNAGW in LXX Micah 4:11 and elsewhere)? Or is it more likely to refer specifically to formal and religious gatherings such as the SUNAGWGH (i.e. is EPISUNAGWGH a rough synonym for EKKLHSIA)? The evidence appears to be scattered in both directions.
In other words: is Hebrews 10:25 saying "get together with others," or "go to a church meeting"? (I've heard many sermons claiming one of those interpretations, but the other seems to be slightly better attested.)
Thank you.
Ted Shoemaker
Procrastinate -- tomorrow.
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